Etymology

exoenzyme

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Today it means: Any enzyme, generated by a cell, that functions outside of that cell. Full definition →

English enzyme ← Russian дэ (dɛ) ← Latin de
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  3. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  4. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  5. Ancient Greekἔξω (éxō)
  6. Englishexo-
  7. Latinde
  8. Russianдэ (dɛ)
  9. Englishde
  10. EnglishEnzym
  11. Englishenzyme
  12. English todayexoenzyme

From exo- + enzyme.

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